Factor in your age, lifestyle, activity levels and any medical conditions when choosing an eating plan. Try to pinpoint what will be sustainable and enjoyable.
Sitting at my desk, my stomach yearning for food, I look at the clock. It's only been two hours since my egg white and spinach omelette. With another 22 hours to go and a mere 2000 kilojoules to survive on, I'm not hopeful of achieving 5:2 fasting success.
Jen Dugard:"Be realistic in your expectations and avoid putting pressure on yourself to look a certain way. This can drive mental overwhelm in looking for quick fixes.”With access and exposure to such an overwhelming and contradictory amount of wellbeing advice, it's no surprise that many of us, myself included, are suffering from information overload and exhaustion. In an ironic twist, health advice may actually be causing us stress.
Factor in your age, lifestyle, activity levels and any medical conditions when choosing an eating plan. Try to pinpoint what will be both sustainable and enjoyable. Dietitian Simone Austin agrees that conflicting advice and opinions on wellbeing and nutrition can cause confusion. To help alleviate this, she advises being cautious about where you obtain your information."Something being online doesn't make it accurate," she says. "Look for people's qualifications and experience and check to see what research there is to back up their information.
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